Weather strip attachment for doors



June 7, 1932. H. M. REYNOLDS 1,861,612

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This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for attachment to doors, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a device adapted to be at tached to a door to prevent the entrance beneath the door of water, air, insects, dust and the like, the device being further capable of functioning as a weather strip when the door is in a fully closed position thus rendering the door storm tight.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is comparatively simple in construction, consists of relatively few parts, may be readily used with a door, the frame, or opening normally closed by the door being provided either with or without the usual door sill.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character which may be readily secured in operative position on the door without necessitating any material changes in the conventional door structure.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the conventional door partly in open position illustrating the application of my invention,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary detail sectional view taken through the door and door opening showing the use of the device with the door in a fully closed position,

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the use of the device wherein the door opening or door frame does not embody the usual door sill.

With reference more in detail to the drawing it will be seen that I have designated the door body by the reference character D, the frame of the door opening including the usual side frame members F and F respectively, the sill being designated generally by the reference character S.

My improved door attachment comprises an elongated rectangular plate 5 of metal or any other suitable material of a length slightly greater than the width of the door and of a width slightly greater than the thickness of the door. The plate is provided on one longitudinal edge thereof with an upstanding flange 6 adapted to be disposed against the outer face of the door. At its opposite longitudinal edge the plate 5 is bent downwardly as at 8 for a after made manifest.

The plate 5 at each end thereof is also provided with an upstanding flange 7 for engage purpose to be hereinment with the adjacent end edges of the door D. It will be noted that the flanges 7 have their upper edges inclining downwardly from that end adjacent the flange 6 to merge into the plate rearwardly of the curved edge 8 of the plate.

For retaining the plate 5 in operative posiwardly directed extensions 11 engaging the under face of the plate 5 for-normally urging the plate 5 upwardly against the lower edge of the door 1).

To each of the door frame members F and F, there is adjustably secured an actuating member for engagement with the plate 5 for moving the plate into a position for engagement with the door sill S or with the floor in the absence of such a sill as'suggested in Figure 1.

Each of the actuating members is in the nature of a bar 11 having bolt and slot connections 12 with a frame member.

At one end the plate 11 is ofiset inwardly as at 13, the under face of the offset end 13 being beveled as at 14:.

The operation of the device is thought apparent from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. WVhen the door is in an-opened or partw 'ly opened position as shown in Figure 1,

contact with the curved under faces 14 of the offset ends 13 of the actuator members 11 thus urging the edge of the plate downward- 1y to assume that position shown to advantage in Figure 2 whereby the curved edge of the plate is brought intocontact with the sill S thus completely closing the space between the door and sill when the door is in a closed position, the ofiset ends 18 gradually wedging themselves between the plate 5 and the lower edge of the door D for retaining the downwardly bent edge 8 of the plate in contactwith the sill S, so that when the door is completely closed and the plate is in the position shown'in Figure 2 the door stop then also functions as a weather strip rendering the door storm tight.

In Figure 4 I have shown the use of the device with a door wherein the doorframe or door opening does not include a sill. However the operation is the same with of course the exception that the downward bent edge 8 of the plate instead of being forced into contact with a sill is forced into contact with the flooring. The result. as is obvious is substantially the same. From the foregoing then it will be seen that my attachment is a thoroughly reliable weather strip capable of excluding dust, rain, insects and the like since when the door is closed my improved weather strip adequately closes the space between, the door and sill or flooring as the case may be.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible to changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described, and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A weather strip attachment for doors comprising in combination a plurality of angular resilient leaf spring straps mounted on one side of the door and having end portions extending inwardly in parallelism to the lower edge of the door, and a relatively elongated plate disposed between said end portions of said straps and said lower edge of the door, and said straps normally urging said plate into flat contact with the lower edge of said door.

.f 2. A weather strip for attachment to doors comprising in combination, a plurality of substantially L-shaped straps secured at one end to one side of the door, and having their free ends extending inwardly in parallelism,

to the lower edge of the door, a plate arranged between said free ends of said straps and said lower edge of the door, said plate at one longitudinal edge thereof being provided with a flange extending between said strap and the adjacent side of the door, said plate at its opposite longitudinal edge being provided with a 'downturned lip projecting laterally relative to the door, and means arranged in the path of the plate for engaging the plate and against the action of said straps to force said lip into intimate contact with the floor when the door is in a closed position. V

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HERMAN M. REYNOLDS. 

